Competition Results 2005

 

SCPA Winter Mêlée, Crondall

Because the scheduled first Winter Mêlée at Limesdowne was not held due to bad weather, this event was effectively the first of the series. Although the weather was fine, dry and mild, there was a very disappointing turnout of only 9 players, 7 of these from the host club. Nevertheless, four enjoyable games were played and the prizewinners (all from Crondall) were:

Secretary's Cup

There was a remarkably good turnout of 19 teams for this event held at the Admiral Cunningham on a fine November day. Many of the clubs in the region were represented and the snake format was used with each team playing 3 games in the morning and 2 after lunch. Two of the teams won all five games, with Crondall (Liz Farrow, Harrison Ash and Colin Philip) winning the cup, just beating the Executive team (Kath Knight, Dave Stubbs and Richard Baker) by 2 points.

Nine-a-side Salver

There was a disappointing turnout of only four clubs to play in this event held at Crondall. In very blustery and changeable weather, each team played 5 games. It was a close-run match with first and second places being decided on points. The results were:

SCPA Mixed Doubles

Held at Burridge on Sunday, 26th October with 26 teams entering.

Worthing Juniors Open

29 teams played at Burridge on Sunday, 16th October in this competition well organised by the Worthing Juniors as always. Unfortunately, the morning sunshine gave way to heavy rain by mid-afternoon. The Main competition was won by Sheila Hayward from Limesdowne partnered by one of the Limes twinning contingent from Vannes, who beat Michael Tull and Matt Slater (Bordon) in a very hard fought final. The Plate competition was won by Steve Love (Cobbetts) and Loren Butt (Shedfield). Full results to follow.

SCPA Summer Doubles

The 6 finalists played a round-robin at Burridge on Saturday, 15th October in glorious sunshine, very fitting for the Summer Doubles. The winners for the past 3 years were unable to make it 4 in a row and had to settle for 2nd place this year! Mark and Richard were very worthy winners being unbeaten on the day - although Dave & Bob still can't believe they lost from 11-1 up!

 

General Wine Company 6-a-side Trophy

16 teams entered this event and the finals day, Sunday 9th October, turned out to be very sunny for a change. The final was very closely fought between Horse & Jockey and the Ship, with the last game going to 13-12. Congratulations to the winners - Horse & Jockey. The results were:

SCPA Doubles

Held on Sunday, 3rd October on a pleasant, sunny day at Southampton City. Entries were again up, wth 27 entries compared to 16 last season. The two semi-finals could not have been closer, both finishing up 13-12. Congratulations to Hilary and Gianni who made the most of their local knowledge to win the final 13-7.

The winners and runners-up will represent the SCPA at the Founders Trophy on the Isle of Wight sometime in 2006!

SCPA Singles

Held on Sunday, 25th September at Adur with 32 players entering. Good to see the entry up again from last year's 25. A hard fought final saw Harrison Ash defeat Peter Davey to keep the trophy in the family, his dad Stan winning it last year! A good day for the Crondall club with Liz Farrow winning the Plate and Ashley Odell the Main Consolage.

SCPA Juniors v Isle of Wight Juniors

Held at Sandown Rugby Club on Saturday, 24th September. Congratulations to our juniors on an excellent 18-10 win.

Inter-Regional Competition

Held at Brean Sands over the weekend of 17th and 18th September. The SCPA squad came a very creditable 3rd and were 4th in the Challenge Cup.

A special mention also for the SCPA juniors (Stuart Floyd, David Plumhoff, Shane King and Charlotte Dennis) who were representing Devon and finished as Best Junior team with 11 wins +72 and narrowly missed being best overall team, pipped by London 1 who had the same number of wins but were +82!

Division 1

Division 2

Challenge Cup

More detailed results can be found in the reports supplied by the three team managers:

• Main Squad - Richard Powell
• Challenge Squad - Bernie Miles
• Junior Team - Liz Farrow
• Devon Juniors - Peter Galton

SCPA Triples

Held on Sunday 24th July at Shedfield with 13 teams entering, not a huge number but a big improvement on last year's 9! The morning leagues were played in torrential rain but it did get a bit better for the afternoon knock-outs! A close fought final saw the defending champions retain their title 13-11 against Dave, Mike and Jenny, who proved an able substitute for Kath who was away in Canada with the GB Juniors.

SCPA Junior Triples

Held on the same day as the SCPA Triples in the same atrocious conditions, 4 junior teams played each other twice to decide the junior champions. Despite losing to Southampton City in their last match, CPW just pipped the City boys on points difference.

Flight Refuelling Open Triples

Held on Sunday, 17th July, on a scorchingly hot day, 14 teams joined battle. After 5 games played as a randomly drawn snake, the following prizewinners were declared:

SCPA Masters

Played at the Admiral Cunningham on 9th and 10th July. After a very hard fought weekend in hot sunshine, particularly on the Sunday, it all came down to points difference for the last couple of places. Congratulations to the top 8 teams who will play for the SCPA in the Inter-Regional at Brean Sands and the next 4 teams who will represent the SCPA in the Brean Sands Challenge.

SCPA Qualifier 2

Held at Farmhouse on Sunday 3rd July, with 22 of the 23 teams who entered the first qualifier present for the second round. The missing team was Horse and Jockey 2. As winners of the 2004 Regional Doubles, Ian and Stuart were playing in the Founders Cup at Luton (and duly reached the semi-final). As they were representing the SCPA, it was agreed by the playing committee that their result from the first qualifier would be doubled.

The top 12 teams have qualified for the Masters weekend to be held at the Admiral Cunningham on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th July.

Southampton City Open

Held on Sunday, 26th June, the results of this competition (and some pictures) can be found on Southampton City Petanque Club's website (opens in new window)

SCPA Shooting Competition

Unfortunately only 7 players turned up at a very hot and sunny Shedfield on Saturday, 18th June. In fact it was two triples teams (KDM and The Blue Army) plus Mark Robertshaw who took part in a round robin to produce this year's champion.

Lamb Open Doubles

There were 30 teams a the Adur Leisure Centre on Sunday, June 12th competing for the Liz Hordern Memorial Cup presented by Mike Hordern in memory of his wife who sadly passed away a short while ago. In the semi-finals Dave and Kath recovered from 8-1 down to beat the favourites Lee and Ashley (who will be representing GB at the North Sea Championships next week) 13-8. In the other semi Richard and Rod beat Kevin and Nick from the Isle of Wight 13-9. The final could not have been closer with Dave and Kath eventually just triumphing 13-12.

SCPA Qualifier 1

Held at Limesdowne on Sunday 5th June, with a very encouraging entry of 23 teams. Even more pleasing was the fact that these 23 teams included players from 20 different clubs coming from all reaches of the Southern Counties area.

SCPA Adult/Junior

Held on Monday, 2nd May in yet more glorious sunshine at Burridge and on a Bank Holiday too! There were 22 teams of doubles. As always a big thank you to those adults who helped out by teaming up with a junior.

Crondall Open Doubles

Held on Easter Monday, 28th March, the results of this competition (and some pictures) can be found on Crondall Petanque Club's website (opens in new window)

Cobbetts Open Doubles

Held on Saturday, 26th March in glorious sunshine at Burridge. There were 26 teams with a large contingent (11 teams) being from the Lamb/Trevieres twinning!

Bordon Open

Twenty-three triples teams turned out on a dry and mild Good Friday, 25th March, to play in the first of the Club Open competitions of the season. The results were:

Winter Doubles Results

The top teams contested the finals in glorious sunshine at Burridge on Saturday, March 19th. Two very close 6 team leagues in the morning saw 7 of the 12 teams finish with 2 wins and nobody win all 3 games. Rod & Richard won League 1 with 2 wins +16. Kath & Mike were runners-up with +6 narrowly ahead of Dave & Andrew (+5) and Richard & Graham (+4). Michael & Matt won League 2 with 2 wins +8. Dave & Bob managed to grab the runners-up spot with +3 (despite being fannied by Michael & Matt!) just ahead of the 2 Keiths (-2).

The semi-finals saw Michael & Matt beat Mike & Kath 13-5 and Richard & Rod beat Dave & Bob 13-6. The final saw Michael & Matt triumph 13-8, which I'm sure more than made up for them missing Pompey play Newcastle!

Final results were as follows:

The qualifiers for the final were:-

Quiz Night

The final Southern Region Inter-Club Quiz was held at The Lamb on Saturday, March 5th. Eight teams were booked in but unfortunately the team from Brighton and some members of The Lamb did not make it on the night! Many thanks to quizmistress (?) Kath Knight for an enjoyable evening. Final results were as follows:

So back to Burridge next year for the first SCPA Inter-Club Quiz!

Redlynch Valentines

30 teams were at Redlynch on Sunday, 13th February for this triples competition with teams from as far afield as Croydon, Harrow and the Isle of Wight joining the regulars from the Southern Counties and the New Forest. A good day was enjoyed by all despite a lengthy break in play to allow a blizzard to pass through!

The snake system was used and three teams won all 5 of their games. The winners were KDM, Kath Knight, Dave Stubbs and Mike Knight. Runners-up were La Boulles (?) from Croydon (Jean-Guy, Mary and David) and Hamworthy were 3rd.

The prize for the first fanny went to the Lamb team of Graham Elcome, Richard Patterson and John Ingles and was inflicted by their club mates KDM!

SCPA Winter Mêlée, The Ship

33 players were at The Ship on Sunday, 6th February for the second mêlée of the year. It was nice to see a good turn out of players from New Milton but in the end the home club players took 4 of the 5 prizes! A special mention for Harold Cox who finished 4th and celebrates his 84th birthday next week! The winners were:

SCPA Winter Mêlée, Shedfield

30 players turned up at Shedfield on Sunday, 2nd January to play in the first mêlée of 2005. The weather was bright and sunny, and surprisingly mild for the time of year. The winners were:

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